Each year, around two million women are released from prisons and jails in the US, many with nowhere to go. Susan Burton knows this firsthand: after cycling in and out of prison for years, she finally found a safe place to land … and made it her mission to offer others the same. She shares how she’s helping thousands rebuild their lives — and changing the way we think about second chances. (Recorded at TED2026 on April 15, 2026)
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@8PurpleSquirrels
September 7, 2026 at 11:07 am
“The only lives that truly matter are those who respect the lives of others.”
@COH3IR
September 7, 2026 at 11:49 am
“Hurt people hurt people, healed
people heal people”
@ironmaiden5658
September 7, 2026 at 12:14 pm
Once a criminal, always a criminal.. Just because a court set an end date doesn’t mean society agrees with that date. All it means is they’re now living somewhere else. You did the crime, you’ll do the time right to the end.
@CharlaineGrady
September 7, 2026 at 6:54 pm
@ironmaiden5658 there, but for the grace of god, go all of us. You are not pure and without sin yourself. Don’t judge people who got caught for something you have gotten away with because you are fortunate.
@tc-aGsZXNjZW5laG9ybnN0cmF3d2ef
September 7, 2026 at 7:06 pm
That is insane. Countless people have turned their lives around.
(And that is with demons like you trying to drag them back to the gutter and further ruin our society with your evilness and your pettiness)
@Jasonxbr
September 7, 2026 at 1:42 pm
I think your confusing listening with a therapist. The majority of imates will likely to return to prison is high and no amount of listening will change that- the system is designed to be a racist holding detention infinitely away from the major society where opportunities are limited by the default of your skin color. Minorities and Africans Americans are marginalized right out of birth- prisons and the ghetto isnt much different. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
@FadmaMahamed
September 7, 2026 at 1:50 pm
Who is here to learning language like me👋
@Hago43-n1p
September 7, 2026 at 2:44 pm
@FadmaMahamed my 👍🏻
@user-hn2jp9kp5g
September 7, 2026 at 2:28 pm
❤🎉🎉
@todddavidson2545
September 7, 2026 at 3:08 pm
If your reading this I sow prayer seeds of mighty rivers of Blessings, Favor, Faith, Prosperity,Success, Grace, Mercy,Protection, Love, Joy, Happiness, Peace, Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding, and Good Health to you and your Children’s Children Forevermore. For with God, nothing is impossible.
Luke 1:37 KJV
@ArchanaNShetty
September 7, 2026 at 4:05 pm
What stays with me most is the moment Susan Burton asked why the system offered rehabilitation to some and prison to others, based on nothing but zip code. That’s not just a personal injustice; it’s a structural design flaw, and it points to something leaders in any organization should sit with: systems don’t fail randomly, they fail predictably along the lines of who they were built to serve. Scaling her model wasn’t about adding more compassion, it was about replicating a structure that made compassion consistent and repeatable. What would it take for more institutions to treat access to support as infrastructure rather than exception?
@Starrgazed
September 7, 2026 at 8:30 pm
Amazing woman ❤